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I,,{ . . . .... n '( 7 ,'IQ \) 'J l; . ....... ;2d!J r' 2 '1 ~ 9 L- 12-6-91 SCOPE OF SERVICES Page 1 Scope of Services Gunnison River Basin Water Management & Planning Project Planning Model Development INIRODUCIlON Overview Local, State and Federal water agencies and other interested parties within the GurLl"'Json Basin afe seeking irnpi'oveu waier managemenI IDais for the basin. Seven Sponsoring Agencies [Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association, Tri-County Water Conservancy District, Colorado River Water Conservation District, Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), Colorado State Engineer (CSE) and the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation)] are contributing cash and in-kind services in an effort to develop the necessary computer software. A need for two primary water management tools has been identified by a Sponsors Committee, consisting of representatives from the seven sponsoring agencies. The first tool will help to better understand how water in the basin is being administered, allocated and depleted on a daily basis in connection with major basin water storage facilities and exchange agreements currently in existence. The tool which will address this need will be a water accounting spreadsheet (accounting spreadsheet) which will accurately reflect the daily administration of major water rights and exchange agreements in the Gunnison basin. Reclamation has been assigned lead responsibility for technical development of the accounting spreadsheet with review and input from the Sponsors Committee. The second tool needed is a computer based water resources planning model (Planning Model) that will aid in understanding the availability of water throughout the entire basin in order to evaluate: (1) existing water supplies at selected sites and stream segments, (2) the potential for integrating operations of existing projects, and (3) the effects of proposed water development alternatives on the basins water resources. The planning model will have the capability to evaluate the availability of water under existing conditions as well as to analyze future water supplies under a variety of hypothetical development scenarios. This Scope of Services describes the work to be undertaken by Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, Inc. (Hydrosphere) to develop the Planning Model.